Tyrone Li

Science
Fehlau
10/30/07
Conclusion section of the Science fair

VII. CONCLUSION
A.ANALYSIS
The hypothesis set forth in this experiment was if the grape juice is used to
soak the egg then the egg will have the darkest stain because it has acid that
would make the eggshell more vulnerable to stains. This hypothesis was
supported because the grape Juice had the darkest stain.
Graph 1 illustrates that most of the data was collected between 0-25 hours.
Then the overall darkest stain was from the grape juice, then the cola, the coffee,
tea, and with water with no stains at all. This data supports my hypothesis
because the grape juice had the darkest stains. One way of explaining this data is
that grape juice is the most staining liquid while water generally does not stain at
all. Another way to explain this is that generally the liquid with the darkest color
had the darkest stain. These results were conclusive because error bars did not
overlap and the results were mostly very distinct.
Graph 2 illustrates that the averages of the stains of each beverage shows
the grape juice as having the darkest stains. This data supports my hypothesis
because it shows the grape juice of having a stain of ten. One way of explaining
this data is that grape juice stains the most while cola and coffee have a relatively
equal shade of stains. Then tea has a bit less than cola and coffee and then water
has absolutely no staining ability. Another way of explaining this data is that
generally the clearer the liquid is, the brighter the stain. These results were
conclusive because grape juice had about ten while every other liquid had a stain
darkness of 0-6 which is substantially less than the grape juice's stain.
As a result of this experiment, some questions that arose were if artificial
coloring affected the darkness of the stain. If this experiment were repeated one
beverage would be used plus the same type of beverage with more artificial
coloring.
B.ASSUMPTIONS AND ERRORS
It was assumed that the water used to rinse off excessive liquids when the
darkness of the stain was recorded did not affect the results of the experiment. It
was also assumed that when rinsing the eggshell, all of the excessive liquid was
rinsed off.
One source of error was that after each trial the egg was not dried off before
it was placed back into the liquid therefor adding a little water to the liquids each
time. This could have affected the experiment by diluting the liquid and making
the stains brighter than it should have been. In order to eliminate this source of
error the eggshell should be dried after each trial and before it is placed back into
the liquid.
Another source of error was that whenever each eggshell was taken out one
by one to record its stain darkness, it added a few minutes to how long the other
eggshells were in the liquid. This could have affected the experiment by darkening
the stain slightly for the other eggshells. In order to eliminate this source of error
the eggshells should all be taken out at one time and washed at the same time.